Job Opportunities (French; Spanish)

Job Opportunities

Spanish Teacher (FT), Greater Philadelphia Area

The School District of Jenkintown is seeking a full-time Spanish teacher for Jenkintown Middle/High School. 

The smallest suburban public-school district in Pa. has an opening for a Spanish teacher in its 4-member World Language Department K-12 program.  Teaching responsibilities will be World Language Exploratory (7th grade), Spanish III, IV, V, and AP.

Prospective candidates should have the following: 

1. Advanced high to superior language skills, 

2. Computer skills for sharing language in and out of the classroom, 

3. Classroom skills based on a) an understanding of the principles of second language acquisition that inform teaching with comprehensible input and b) experience in the practice of comprehension-based communicative language teaching, 

 4. An interest in collaborative curriculum development.

Interested candidates should have a K-12 Spanish Teaching Certificate. Send a letter of application, resume and clearances to Mr. Tom Roller at rollert@jtowndrakes. 

French Teacher (LTS), Southeastern PA

Colonial Middle School, located at 716 Belvoir Rd in Plymouth Meeting, PA, is looking for a French certified teacher.  This is a Long Term Substitute position complete with a teacher salary and benefits scheduled to begin on January 19, 2021 and continuing until June 11, 2021.  It would be preferred that the candidate teach on the middle school campus; however teaching virtually is an option. 

The candidate sought will teach according to the following schedule:

• All classes are 30 minutes long Mon-Thurs. (6 classes taught per day)
• On Fridays all classes are 20 minutes long, with dismissal @ 11:45AM, followed by teacher prep and collaboration time.
• All teacher work days are 7:45AM - 3PM.
• Grade 6 students are provided with an exploratory experience consisting of cultural exploration and basic language. (2 classes per day) 
• Grade 7 students study the first half of a traditional French I course. (2 classes per day)
• Grade 8 students study the second half of a traditional French I course.  (2 classes per day)